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'''MACARONI.''' English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. 'Macaroni' was 18th century slang for a dandified young gentleman; a preening aristocrat (the only class that could afford fashion). [[File:macaroni2.jpg| | |f_annotation='''MACARONI.''' English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. 'Macaroni' was 18th century slang for a dandified young gentleman; a preening aristocrat (the only class that could afford fashion). [[File:macaroni2.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Father and son]] | ||
Macaroni fashions were imported from Italy and France, as the name suggests, and Macaroni wigs became an extreme fashion in the 1770's. Macaroni's not only dressed in a foppish manner, they adopted feminine mannerisms, and the men were deemed 'effeminate.' | Macaroni fashions were imported from Italy and France, as the name suggests, and Macaroni wigs became an extreme fashion in the 1770's. Macaroni's not only dressed in a foppish manner, they adopted feminine mannerisms, and the men were deemed 'effeminate.' | ||
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The melody also appears in Straight & Skillern's '''Two Hundred and Four Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1''' (London, 1775) and Longman, Lukey and Broderip's '''Bride's Favourite Collection of 200 Select Country Dances, Cotillions''' (London, 1776). | The melody also appears in Straight & Skillern's '''Two Hundred and Four Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1''' (London, 1775) and Longman, Lukey and Broderip's '''Bride's Favourite Collection of 200 Select Country Dances, Cotillions''' (London, 1776). | ||
[[File:macaroni.jpg| | [[File:macaroni.jpg|400px|thumb|left|The Macaroni Dressing Room]] | ||
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|f_printed_sources=Straight & Skillern ('''Two Hundred and Four Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1'''), c. 1775; No. 58, p. 29. Thompson ('''Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3'''), 1773; No. 8. | |||
|f_recorded_sources=The earliest sound recording of the tune is on the 2nd Barrel, 2nd tune, of a mechanical Chamber Barrel Organ [http://www.firedragon.com/~kap/Langshaw/], hand-built by John Langshaw (1718-1798), Organ Maker, Lancaster, c. 1785. The organ is one of three surviving Langshaw organs. | |||
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Macaroni fashions were imported from Italy and France, as the name suggests, and Macaroni wigs became an extreme fashion in the 1770's. Macaroni's not only dressed in a foppish manner, they adopted feminine mannerisms, and the men were deemed 'effeminate.'
The melody also appears in Straight & Skillern's Two Hundred and Four Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1 (London, 1775) and Longman, Lukey and Broderip's Bride's Favourite Collection of 200 Select Country Dances, Cotillions (London, 1776).